Cantina D'Italia
13015 Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fairfax
(703) 631-2752
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excellent restaurant with great service & excellent prices on great food and I really appreciate the excellent service and my meal I had there very nice family restaurant.
I had the Salsiccia Napoletana. This was a good lunch. It was penne pasta with sliced Italian sausage, herbs, marinara sauce, a little finely chopped tomato, and a little Parmesan. It came with a light salad with vinegrette, and sliced bread. The bread came early, but I kept it untouched (mostly) because I believe that it is necessary for mopping up the sauce after the main dish is eaten. I'm a fan of a good tomato sauce. There are a lot of dishes on the menu with creamy sauces, but I didn't ask if they could substitute the sauce, so I restricted myself to the marinara dishes, but I also didn't want to go for a basic spaghetti (which they also have on the menu), so I choose the Salsiccia Nepoletana. I left pleased. This is a good place for a laid back lunch or dinner. Very calm inside, though that may have just been because it wasn't very busy at this late lunch hour.
Parking: Plenty of parking because it is located in a larger strip mall and inherits its parking lot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is an upscaled olive garden like
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
The food here is always excellent. I usually get the spaghetti carbonara though this time I got the chicken rollatini which was a stuffed chicken with tomato cream sauce - amazing! They serve warm bread, fresh butter and house salads or soup. The servings are always generous, the servers warm and friendly and the Italian restaurant atmosphere unique. I have been going to this place 4 years and it's always consistently good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food and ombiance for many years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Cantina d Italia is an absolute gem! From the moment we walked in, the owners made us feel so welcome, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. Our waiter, Darian, was outstanding, ensuring that every detail of our meal was perfect.
The food was simply amazing—every dish was bursting with flavor! We enjoyed the chicken matriciana, bruschetta, mussels, and a refreshing limoncello for dessert. But the highlight? Their homemade tiramisu—absolutely to die for!
This was a truly special dining experience, and we’ll definitely be back regularly. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was excellent with a variety of different dishes to choose from. I never knew how big the restaurant actually was from the outside. The tricolor tortellini was great and my friend had the pesto chicken which looked great. The service though was terrible. The waitress only checked in on us twice and it took nearly thirty minutes to get her attention and she never filled up our water. Also the espresso martinis were the worst I’ve ever had unfortunately. Probably just not their speciality but they tasted like water.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Family owned place, I go here every Christmas Eve with family and food is delicious and they can make any dish you like even if it's not on the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Veal saltimboca is fabulous. Tiramisu is excellent.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Every time I come here it’s a great experience. The food is great, the service is fast and friendly and I will keep coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Mostaccioli All Arrabbiata
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I highly recommend this restaurant. I have had consistently great Italian dishes over the years.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Caned food! I never eat anything worse Italian food than this.. And I'm from.a 3rd world country! This food is all from can with no taste, and with no presentation at all! The cheese on top it looked like they just tossed a slide from the one dollar package of slice cheeses from Walmart. It was surprisingly bad! Barely eatable food..
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Very good food and service.
Sauce on my pasta was delicious, and the leftover family member's braised lamb was tender. Portion sizes are at least 2 meals with bread and salad.
Atmosphere not a real critique, I think they were changing out some seasonal decorations while we were there, and we happened to have people who knew each other seated at two nearby tables who talked to each other. Not bad, just explaining my 4 star.
Parking: It's in a strip mall, so parking across from frontage. Drivers were polite about handicap person crossing away from designated areas, but be careful
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari Fritti, Lamb Shank
Overall great food and ambiance! Service is a bit slow but friendly.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
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